November 27 2006 HIV Health Services Planning Council Meeting

HIV Health Services Planning Council
Walden House
1885 Mission Street @ 15th Street, 3rd Floor
Monday, November 27th, 2006
4:30 PM - 7:30 PM

DRAFT AGENDA

I. Call to Order
4:30

II. Roll Call
4:32

III. Review and Approval of Agenda
4:37

IV. Review of October 23rd, 2006 Minutes - VOTE
4:39

V. General Announcements
4:45

VI. Public Comment
4:50

VII. Steering Committee Report - VOTE
4:55

Announcement of Committee Co-Chair Elections
Formation, tasks and timeline of Other Funding Streams Workgroup
Formation, tasks and timeline of Needs Assessment Workgroup

Public Comment on this item.

VIII. Council Membership Applicant Recommendations – VOTE
5:10

Mark Molnar and Mary Lawrence Hicks, Membership Committee Co-Chairs

The Membership Committee recommends three applicants for Council Membership.

George Stevens

Maritza Penagos

Veronica Pillaktze

Public Comment on this item.

IX. Unobligated Funds for FY 2006-07 Update and Discussion - VOTE 5:15

Michelle Long, Director HIV Health Services

Council Members will be presented with an update regarding unobligated funds for FY 2006-2007 to date and vote on use of those funds.

Public Comment on this item.

X. Discussion of 2007 Prioritization and Allocation Calendar and Subjects – VOTE
5:40

Meeting Dates

Public Comment on this item.

XI. Dinner Break 6:05

Meeting Evaluation Forms will be distributed to Council Members during the Dinner Break.

Public Comment on this item.

XII. Report on Three Year Plan Implementation - VOTE 6:30

Laura Thomas and George Simmons, Planning Committee Co-Chairs

Priority Group Discussion and Decision
EMA (Eligible Metropolitan Area) Discussion of Shared Responsibilities

Public Comment on this item.

XIII. Proposed Bylaws Change: ARTICLE V, Section 1. – Leave of Absence- VOTE
7:00

ARTICLE XI- AMENDMENTS

Section 1. These Bylaws may be amended by the Council at any Regular meeting by a majority (two-thirds) vote, following thirty (30) days notice of any proposed changes.

Public Comment on this item.

XIV. New Business/Next Agenda
7:25

Council Members will have an opportunity to complete Meeting Evaluation Forms.
Please Note: The full council meeting has been moved up one week to Monday, December 18th, 2006, San Diego Rooms B&C.

Public Comment on this item.

XV. Adjournment
7:30

Note: Agenda items are subject to change, postponement, or removal. Meeting agendas are considered to be in DRAFT form until reviewed and approved by Committee attendees.

HIV Health Services Planning Council
730 Polk Street 3 rd Floor , San Francisco, CA 94109
San Francisco Department of Public Health, AIDS Office
25 Van Ness Avenue, 5th floor, San Francisco, CA 94102

The Milton Marks Conference Center is wheelchair accessible. The closest accessible BART Station is Civic Center, three blocks from City Hall. Accessible MUNI lines serving this location are: #47 Van Ness, and the #71 Haight/Noriega and the F Line to Market and Van Ness and the Metro stations at Van Ness and Market and at Civic Center. For information on MUNI accessible services,
call 923-6142.
There is accessible parking in the vicinity of City Hall at Civic Center Plaza
and adjacent to Davies Hall.
The following services are available when requested by
Noon of the Friday before the Council meeting:
For American Sign Language interpreters, use of a reader during a meeting,
or sound enhancement system, call (415) 674-4768.
For a large print copy of agenda or minutes in alternative formats,
call (415) 674-4768.

In order to accommodate persons with severe allergies, environmental illness, multiple chemical sensitivity or related disabilities, attendees at public meetings are reminded that other attendees may be sensitive to various chemical based products.

Know Your Rights Under the Sunshine Ordinance

Government's duty is to serve the public, reaching its decisions in full view of the public. Commissions, boards, councils and other agencies of the City and County exist to conduct the people's business. The Sunshine Ordinance assures that deliberations are conducted before the people and that City operations are open to the people's review. For information on your rights under the Sunshine Ordinance (Chapter 67 of the San Francisco Administrative Code) or to report a violation of the ordinance, contact Frank Darby; by mail to Sunshine Ordinance Task Force, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 409, by phone at (415) 554-7724, by fax at (415) 554-7854 or by email at Frank.Darby@sfgov.org Citizens may obtain a free copy of the Sunshine Ordinance by contacting Mr. Darby or by printing Chapter 67 of the San Francisco Administrative Code on the Internet, at http://www.sfgov.org/bdsupvrs/sunshine.htm

The Planning Council has several standing Committees where Council business and creation of motions for full-Council action occur, and members of the public are urged to attend. Council procedures do not permit: 1) persons in the audience at Council meeting to vocally express support or opposition to statements by Council members or by other persons testifying, outside of public comment; 2) ringing and use of cell phones, pagers, and similar sound-producing electronic devices; 3) signs to be brought into the meeting or displayed in the room; 4) standing in the meeting room. Citizens are encouraged to testify at Committee meetings and to write letters to the co-chairs of a Committee or to Council members, c/o HIV Health Services Planning Council, 730 Polk Street, 3rd Floor, San Francisco, CA 94109. Agendas are available on the Internet at http://www.sfcarecouncil.org . THE AGENDA PACKET IS AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW AT HIV Health Services Planning Council offices, 730 Polk Street, 3rd Floor, San Francisco, CA 94109.